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    Matt,
    In your WiKi on sizing your battery, step 1, how do you determine the voltage for the top speed. Do I just guess at a voltage of 144v and go from there or is there a formula that helps to determine this?

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    Hi Matt Im new but very excited about the EV conversion I have planned I am looking for other people in my area Edmonton Alberta and wonder how I can get ahold of other EV enthusiasts to chat with thanks for any help you can give me bye

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    Matt,
    I am relatively new to this forum...
    I am wondering what the yellow triangles next to my ID are for?
    Just what is a member and senior member (I would assume the ratings are experienced based).
    Thanks in advance for your reply...
    Dave R. Mason
    dataman19
    dmason@phoenixcomputerlabs.com

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    Hi Matt. I've just started a blog of my conversion but its not showing up in public. Why is the blog moderated? Is there some way around this?

    Cheers,

    Sam.

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    Hi, Matt... thanks for your reply and offer... I live in Cicero, NY.. near Syracuse...

    see ya' on the flip side!! frank

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    Hi.. I recently requested that you become a friend. A little about me: I'm a 59 yr old retired industrial electrician with 40 odd years experience in most every area of electronics\electrical\computers... have recently become interested in the EV scene and am exploring the feasibility of starting a company to build\retrofit EVs... trying to gather a circle of like minded enthusiasts to exchange ideas and brainstorm to find the outer limits of what's realistic\feasible in this area... are you interested ??

    looking forward to getting to know you... frank

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    Hi Matt, I have been a proud owner of an original purchased Trabant 601 since moving from California USA to the Former Eastern Germany in 1993. At that time my first tought was to convert it to Electric, but since I was fresh out of school and did not have any money, I have left it for a rainy day. Well now is the rainy day, and I noticed your interest so I joined and would like to post the Trabant on this site. It looks like you are also the Administrator of this site so I would like to ask if you could include please include the "VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau" to the list of manufactures? I have just listed in the "Garage", my E-Trabi and would like to up-date. Since VW has taken over the VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau after the wall came down, perhaps VW is the closest currently available, but it really is not a VW, and most VW drivers will probably complain about the assosiation. Any way its nice to be part of this community and I look forward in sharing my experiences with others. Cheers, Johnny

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    Hi Matt, new to the forum and site and just wanted to say hello. I hope to learn a great deal from the experience of the members. I recently became involved in the alternative energy movement and am very motivated to make some big changes! I plan on getting a EV on the road by summer's end. :cool: thanks

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    Hey Matt, in the Wiki about brakes, it says "Install a Vacuum Pump: If your donor car had power assisted brakes then this is generally considered a must for your conversion. This process involves buying a small 12V vacuum pump and a reservoir (either a tank or some use PVC tubing) to connect to the existing power braking system."

    Can you please explain how the PVC tubing works? I think this is what KiwiEV has done in this pic here: you can see the tubing in front of where the radiator used to be.

    How to connect it to the pump? How to connect it to the brakes? Do we just use hose clamps? The KiwiEv pic doesn't show it very clearly...

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    Hi Matt

    Here are some more abreveations for electrical terminology in the Wiki section Glossary of Abbreviations -

    A: Ampere
    AC: Alternating Current or Air Conditioning (depends upon context)
    AF: Audio Frequency
    ANSI: American National Standards Institute
    BEV: Billion Electron Volts
    BW: Bandwidth
    CBI: Complementary Binary
    CFL: Compact Florescent Light
    dB: Decibels
    DC: Direct Current
    e: Efficiency
    EMF: Electromagnetic Field
    EV: Electron Volt
    FDC: Flow Duration Curve
    FCEV: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
    G: Conductance
    GFCI: Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
    H: Gross Head
    h: Net Head
    Hz: Hertz
    I: Current
    J: Joule
    kW: Kilowatt
    LF: Low Frequency
    LION: Lithium Ion
    MAD: Mean Annual Discharge
    MW: Megawatt
    OCV: Open Circuit Voltage
    POV: Peak Operating Voltage
    Q: Charge
    R: Resistance
    RF: Radio Frequency
    SW: Short Wave
    V: Voltage/Volt
    VA: Volt Ampere
    VOM: Volt OhmMeter


    Regards
    Grant

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    Hey Matt what ahppened to your post about styling up the under hood of the Ev?? i went looking for it and it was gone.
    I have some pics to post.

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    thanks, matt. I dont think anyone has assembled a comprehensive alt battery list or BMS stuff wiki like these anywhere elese. If you find errors or adds, pls correct them, as I've mostly run out of new information to add.
    mark.
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